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Too late to the API party, what's next?

Hello everyone, I'm obviously a total amateur on algo trading, but I'd like to get some guidance on how to get started in trading. So here are a couple questions I need help with:
1. Any way I can fix the "15 min delay" on paper trading? I was looking to integrate python with my algos but so far, no luck. Or should I just keep backtesting my algo?
2. Is Tradestation the ultimate resource to bridge my algos or should I opt to purchase an API key?
If there is a recent answer to this questions feel more than free to direct me to them, I gave up after page 85 in the community lol
Cheers!